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2021 Presidential Core Values Award for Collaboration: Joint Vaccination Site Team June 09, 2021 Lou Cortina Staff from UMB, the University of Maryland Medical Center, and Faculty Physicians, Inc. worked long hours to set up a clinic to administer COVID-19 vaccines at the SMC Campus Center. To celebrate and promote the University of Maryland, Baltimore’s (UMB) core values, the University hands out Presidential Core Values Awards, designed to recognize students, faculty, and staff who embody the seven values at the heart of UMB’s mission: accountability, civility, collaboratio...

In the front of an old building on Main Street in Hastings is a historical marker telling visitors a short story of the little town in southern St. Johns County. Behind the sign is a large coquina building that opened in 1924 and once housed the town's kindergarten through high school, and then the town's city hall. Now, in a small section of the building, it is home to a county library branch. For Greg Leonard, author of "Hastings: Florida's Potato Capital," the town behind the sign is what his book is about. "The sign gives you this kind of a glimpse about Hastings," Leonard said. "But if y...

WhatsApp WHEN THE pandemic ends, restrictions on movement will ease, socialising will return and face masks will be retired. For many people, however, working arrangements will be permanently altered. Many firms will undoubtedly allow their employees to work from home more often; others will do away with offices altogether. Coinbase, a crypto-currency exchange planning an initial public offering in the coming weeks, seems especially keen on changing how it operates. The firm recently announced that it would become a “remote-first” company with no headquarters. Executives will “lead by e...

The Case for Higher Wages in Hard Times Pay cuts and salary freezes have become an unfortunate hallmark of the Covid-19 recession. Over seven million employees have seen their wages drop since March, and a great many others have had their pay frozen. But a handful of companies have bucked this trend and increased pay despite the economic crisis. In November, yogurt maker Chobani announced that it was raising its workers’ lowest hourly wage from $13 to $15; the floor was set at $18 in high-cost centers like New York. E-furniture retailer Wayfair followed suit last week with a $15 minimum. Th...

UMB Champions of Excellence Office of Administration and Finance Mornings start early for the University of Maryland, Baltimore’s (UMB) Office of Emergency Management (OEM) team. On most days, by the time many employees are starting their telework shifts, the team has already held virtual meetings for 2½ hours and charted a course of action for the day on how to best meet the University’s needs during a global pandemic. “We start around 6:30 a.m. and usually don’t end until 8 p.m.,” says Jonathan Bratt, MS, executive director of emergency management. “ I don’t think anybody si...